Jazz Journal Magazine June 2012 issue Summary

Bucky Pizzarelli Bruce Lindsay gets a guitar lesson from the seven-string mainstream master: "Rock and roll became acid rock, came down to two chords. Now it's down to one chord. Same note over and over again."
Profiles jazz-funk master Lee Ritenour wishes he was Sinatra;Robert Glasper wishes jazz had a younger audience and new blood; Nikki Iles has her wishes fulfilled in the 20-to-70-something Printmakers
Jingle all the way Christmas may be open season for consumerism but for John Altman the adman's misapprehension of jazz has been a year-round source of amusement
Strings attached Jazz and the symphony: genuine musical advance or a pitch for popular success and spurious respectability? Ronald Atkins considers Parker, Getz, Coleman and more
Four hands, two minds Simon Spillett notes the parallels and contrasts in the careers of the late Gordon Beck and Michael Garrick
Letters Jazz On 3; 70-year copyright; Marciac spirit for UK?
In Book & DVDs Antonio Carlos Jobim; Makanda Ken McIntyre; Billie Holiday; Thelonious Monk, Louis Gottschalk and more
Record reviews In full, in brief, in summary: over 100 discs covered in total
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